The fifth field : the story of the 96 American soldiers sentenced to death and executed in Europe and North Africa in World War II / colonel French L. MacLean, United States Army, (ret.) ; with a foreword and legal analysis by T.G. Bolen.
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The fifth field : the story of the 96 American soldiers sentenced to death and executed in Europe and North Africa in World War II / colonel French L. MacLean, United States Army, (ret.) ; with a foreword and legal analysis by T.G. Bolen.
Published
Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., [2013]
Call Number
KF7641 .M33 2013
ISBN
076434577X
9780764345777
9780764345777
Description
352 pages, 16 unnumbered unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)861734341
Summary
"The Fifth Field reveals one of the final secrets of the war: how 96 American soldiers in Europe and North Africa were tried by American General Courts-Martial, convicted by military juries, sentenced to death, executed and buried in an obscure, secret plot at an American military cemetery in France"--Author's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-349) and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
6
Acknowledgements
9
Dedication
10
Introduction
12
Foreword
14
Legal Foreword
16
pt. I
Historical and Legal Underpinnings
The Big Picture
20
The U.S. Army Judicial System in World War II
23
pt. II
The 96
1.
David Cobb
30
2.
Harold A. Smith
35
3.
James E. Kendrick
38
4, 5, 6 & 7
Willie A. Pittman, Harvey Stroud, Armstead White & David White
40
8.
Charles H. Smith
43
9.
Lee A. Davis
45
10.
Edwin P. Jones
47
11.
John H. Waters
50
12.
Charles E. Spears
52
13.
J. C. Leatherberry
54
14.
Wiley Harris, Jr.
57
15.
Alex F. Miranda
59
16.
Robert L. Donnelly
62
17 & 18
Eliga Brinson & Willie Smith
64
19.
Clarence Whitfield
67
20.
Ray Watson
70
21.
Madison Thomas
72
22 & 23
James B. Sanders & Roy W. Anderson
75
24.
Paul W. Kluxdal
80
25 & 26
Joseph Watson & Willie Wimberly Jr.
83
27.
Richard B. Scott
86
28.
William D. Pennyfeather
89
29.
Curtis L. Maxey
91
30.
Theron W. McGann
93
31 & 32
Arthur E. Davis & Charles H. Jordan
96
33.
James E. Hendricks
98
34.
Benjamin Pygate
102
35 & 36
Oscar N. Newman & Leo Valentine Sr.
105
37.
William E. Davis
108
38 & 39
Ernest L. Clark & Augustine M. Guerra
111
40 & 41
John David Cooper & J.P. Wilson
114
42.
Walter James Baldwin
117
43.
Arthur J. Farrell
120
44.
James W. Twiggs
123
45 & 46
Mervin Holden & Elwood J. Spencer
126
47.
Eddie Slovik
129
48 & 49
Waiters Yancy & Robert L. Skinner
134
50.
William Mack
139
51.
Otis B. Crews
142
52.
William Clifton Downes
145
53, 54 & 55
Amos Agee, John C. Smith & Frank Watson
147
56 & 57
Cubia Jones & Robert L. Pearson
151
58.
John W. Taylor
154
59.
Kinney Bruce Jones
156
60.
John H. Mack
158
61.
Lee A. Burns
160
62.
Abraham Smalls
162
63.
General L. Grant
164
64.
Olin W. Williams
166
65.
Tommie Davison
169
66.
William Harrison, Jr.
172
67.
Benjamin F. Hopper
175
68, 69 & 70
John Williams, James L. Jones & Milbert Bailey
178
71.
Shelton McGhee, Sr.
181
72.
George E. Smith, Jr.
183
73.
George Green, Jr.
186
74.
Haze Heard
189
75.
William J. McCarter
191
76.
Clete Oscar Norris
194
77.
Alvin R. Rollins
196
78.
Matthew Clay, Jr.
199
79.
Werner E. Schmiedel
201
80.
Aniceto Martinez
203
81.
Victor Ortiz-Reyes
205
82.
Willie Johnson
208
83 & 84
Fred A. McMurray & Louis Till
212
85 & 86
Henry W. Nelson & John T. Jones
217
87.
Charles H. Jefferies
220
88.
Tom E. Gordon
222
89.
Robert Wray
225
90.
Henry C. Philpot
228
91.
Charles M. Robinson
230
92.
First Class Blake W. Mariano
233
93 & 94
Woodrow Parker & Sydney Bennerman
236
95.
Mansfield Spinks
237
96.
Charlie Ervin Jr.
240
pt. III
A Closer Look
View from a Potential Defense Counsel or Trial Judge Advocate
243
The Case of David Cobb -- Asking the Right Questions and Following-Up on the Answers
243
The Case of Harold A. Smith -- A Strong Investigation Leads to a Strong Case
245
The Case of Willie A. Pittman, Harvey Stroud, Armstead White & David White -- Why Severed Cases Need Separate Juries
246
The Case of Paul M. Kluxdal -- Weighing Contradictory Testimony
247
The Case of James E. Hendricks -- Taking the Stand as a Defendant
248
The Case of Cubia Jones & Robert L. Pearson -- But at the Mouth of One Witness He Shall Not Be Put to Death
249
The Case of Henry W Nelson & John T. Jones -- Inside the Jury Room
251
The Case of Charles M. Robinson -- Fair and Impartial Juries
251
View from a Potential Juror
252
Conclusions and Future Fields of Study
258
Postscript
268
Epilogue
269
Appendices
Appendix 1
Officer Branch/Grade Abbreviations
273
Appendix 2
Dramatis Personae
274
Endnotes
287
Bibliography
344
Personnel Index
350